The Battle of Leuthen by Carl Röchling. Connell O'Donnell fought at Leuthen and at Hochkirchen, where he 'contributed to the ...

Carnegie Corp. of New York's 2025 class of Great Immigrants, Great Americans include composer and conductor Tania León, last ...

The Marie-Thérèse purple-pink diamond, a 10.38 carat stunner, fetched a record $13.98 million at Christie's Magnificent ...

A sculpture of Empress Maria Theresa made out of white Carrara marble used to decorate the Danube embankment. The monument by local artist Ján Fadrus was unveiled in 1897. Born in Bratislava ...

Despite its history as the center of the Habsburg empire, though, Vienna’s contemporary cultural scene is just as vibrant as the days when Mozart performed in front of the Empress Maria Theresa.

Who was Empress Maria Theresa of the Holy Roman Empire, ... Maria Theresa was a force to be reckoned with. Now, as a new book by Richard Bassett explores her life, Tatler introduces you to the ...

Maria Theresa Empress by Richard Bassett (Yale University Press, £25) is published 25 February. Read More. Features. The scintillating histories of the Mitford sisters, as Outrageous is released. We ...

Also present are, among others, the founder of the Herzgruft, the aforementioned Ferdinand IV; Emperor Charles VI, a claimant to the Spanish throne upon the death of King Charles II, who lost the War ...

In one of its resplendent rooms, adorned with patterned red fabric wallpaper and a prominently displayed portrait of Empress Maria Theresa, Alexander Van der Bellen, Austria’s president, was ...

View Portrait of a girl, probably Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, in a silver dress and red velvet robe, with a dog and a monkey by Antoine Pesne on artnet. Browse upcoming and past auction lots by ...

Sandwiched between Vienna’s Natural History Museum and the Art History Museum is the Maria-Theresien-Platz, named after the Habsburg empress Maria Theresa, whose monument stands in the center of ...